spunkilyadv.
In a spunky manner; angrily, irritably. Also spiritedly, courageously (U.S.).
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the mind > emotion > anger > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
wrothec950
wrothlyOE
moodilyOE
thraftlyc1275
wrathfullyc1330
teenfullya1375
heavyc1380
angerlya1387
angrilyc1400
irouslya1450
fumously1459
wrethfullyc1475
hot1487
irefully1490
wrothfullya1500
wrothly?a1500
melancholily1536
enragedlya1572
fumingly1597
iracundiously1599
teenouslya1600
passionately1615
warmly1776
wrathily1847
heatedly1862
irately1883
spunkily1890
wrothily1898
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adverb]
heartlyc1300
jollily13..
heartilya1450
a-pluck?1562
gallantlya1616
pluckily1790
gamely1811
spunkily1890
1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. II. xxiii. 228 The old chap very spunkily bestowed several emphatic nods upon her.
1949 J. Flanner in New Yorker 9 Apr. 58/2 A hundred artists, from all over Italy,..are spunkily giving their first show this month.
1976 Publishers Weekly 21 June 88/2 Judith hurries out to be with her sister and spunkily unravels the mystery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adv.1890- to take the whiff
- to take the white veil
- to take the will for the deed
- to take the wind out of the sails of
- to take the wire edge off
- to take the woe with the weal
- to take the word
- to take the words out of a person's mouth
- to take the worse and leave the better
- to take the worse and scorn the better
- to take the wrong pig by the ear
- to take the wrong pig by the tail
- to take their cloots
- to take things as one finds them
- to take things as they come
- to take thought
- to take through
- to take through hand
- to take through hands
- to take til heart
- to take till
- to take time
- to take time by the forehead
- to take time by the forelock
- to take time by the forelock formerly forehead